can't startup

[Kdubz]

I don't know if this has been posted before or not. but basically i put a whole bunch of files on my mac partition and now i can't boot to it.....(stupid me) i tried booting natively and virtually. Is there anyway i can get those files off so I can boot? Is it even the fact that I only left 120 MB on the partition? or is there some underlying problem to it?

 

Can anyone help me out?

 

please!

[~pcwiz]

What files exactly did you put on there? Without that info, no one can help.

[Kdubz]

music files--mp3's

[~pcwiz]

Try this:

 

When OS X starts loading after the BIOS logo screen start tapping F8 until you get to a prompt that says:

 

boot:

 

In the prompt, type in:

 

-v

 

Now record any error messages that you get, or if it freezes at some point, take a picture of the error screen and post it up there. Also try typing this at (again) the boot prompt:

 

-x -v

 

See if it boots then, and again see what errors come up. Also try typing this at the prompt:

 

-s

 

And this:

 

-s -v

 

Well I've given you lots of stuff to try so try all the combos and see if any of them work and tell me which ones work. When booting with -v if there are any errors, post them up here.

 

pcwiz

[Kdubz]

Alright, I did what you told me and i got EBIOS Read error: media error Block 5065439 Sectors 64

[~pcwiz]

Hold on...I'll research that and I'll get back to you sometime tomorrow.

[hecker]

Since the problem appeared after copying that many files, I suggest you get some of the out of there. You can boot from the install DVD and move them via terminal.

 

hecker

[Kdubz]

I can't find the DVD--it's somewhere in my massive CD collection

[hecker]

I can't find the DVD--it's somewhere in my massive CD collection

Hehe, tell me about it. You may try booting off something else. Maybe that GParted boot disk or something.

The other alternative I can think of if you have another free temporary partition is to clone the whole disk over there.

 

hecker

[~pcwiz]

Re-download the DVD then... Oh wait! I remember something...If you have Ubuntu Linux installed, do this: Create an OS X partition with Journaling DISABLED. Set the format to Mac OS Extended [withou journaling]. Clone your disk onto this partition. Ubuntu Linux can read and write to Mac OS Extended partitions when Journaling is disabled so boot into Ubuntu, find your OS X partition and delete the MP3s!

[Kdubz]

i dont have ubuntu installed should i do it that way anyway?BRAINBLAST!!! Couldn't I install MacDrive onto my computer and delete the files from the drive there?

[~pcwiz]

Ubuntu is easy to install but a pain to remove. Try MacDrive (Good thinking!)

[Kdubz]

Alright, I have almost 8 gigs of free space on that partition. I tried booting it in VMWare and I got

"Operation on file "\\.\PhysicalDrive0" failed (Data error (cyclic redundancy check)).If the file resides on a remote filesystem, please make sure your network connection and the server where this disk resides are functioning properly.

If the file is a CD-ROM image or a floppy image connected to one of the virtual machine's drives, choose Continue, then disconnect the drive. In all other cases choose Abort to terminate the session."

[~pcwiz]

Let me get this straight? So did you install MacDrive and were you able to delete the MP3s? Anyway, that VMware error doesn't mean theres a problem with your installation. Its an uncommon VMware error. Try booting OS X natively and see what happens.

[Kdubz]

i tried booting natively and it still gets stuck at loading the Darwin...before the gray apple screen....frustrating.

[~pcwiz]

I think you should reinstall...Its really hard to pick out the problem.